THE WALNUT 



Value for Timber 



In most countries where the walnut grows the 

 timber is very valuable for furniture, frames, gun- 

 stocks, mantels, etc. More than a century past 

 France passed a law prohibiting the exportation of 

 walnut lumber. 



Yet in our own country, in Indiana, it had little 



or no value in the early settlement of the state. An 



encumbrance, cut down, rolled into log heaps and 



burned. One or two cuts of the finest trees split 



into rails. In boyhood many a noble tree have we 



seen thus disposed of in the valley of the Wabash. 



Today the lumber from similar trees would bring 



from two to three hundred dollars per thousand. 



The California walnut likewise makes very valuable 



lumber. The entire tree being gnarly, and when pol- 



/ished it has a very pleasing effect. It makes valu- 



/ able veneers, the color a rich brown, but not so 



I dark. or heavy as the Eastern black. 



Value of Nuts 



As an investment walnut culture has many advan- 

 tages over fruit raising. Trees do not require so much 

 care, cultivation, and pruning, and are free from 

 insect pests. The walnut can be harvested with less 



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